Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-05

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end pro ision specula tor, anne home
from California to falfll d promise nc
marriage with Miss Fannie Eckertt,
which was To take pl,ace., says d Glen
view, Pa, special. The most elabo-
rate prepare titons had been made,
end the relatives and friends 81 the
young lady waited with every emf ton
lot pleasure for the happy event. But
SAyade's recent il -luck ii The specuia
five field drove him TO despair, and
tat her than face the disappo tmentsSS
Inch would iney itably follow. he at
tempted suicide and now lies hopeless.
~ insane at the home OF his parents
some distance from this place.
hitter IS the only son Of Werner j
Made, who soon after his marriage
Tell heir to a large fortune. After the
IS ing man had completed his eollegi-
ate studies and graduated with high
henors, he decided to take q trip to
California before settling down. and SO.
informed his parents. They entreat-s
ed him to remain at home, but to no.
purpose. Appealing to his father he
said: Loan me 81 900 and I will res
turn it with Interest,"
+ His father immediately filed out az
!, check for the amount and handed It
to him. The next day; after spending
an hour with his intended bride, he
started Tor California in pursuit oi
fame and fortune. Four years after
ward his family and friends were sur
Iprlsed to see him arrive home. He
entered his fathers house as though
| his absence had been but for g. day,
drew up q chair to where his father
sat, and taking from a well. filed
/ pocketbook 81, $50, he handed it, to
his father, saying:
Here is the borrowed money with
I 8 per cent interest.
! This was all SO rapidly done that
Mr.. Wade had hardly time to realize
who It was and what it meant. As
| he related to his parents, he had met
with phenomenal success, and by
shrewd and conservative speculation
amassed a million dollars. After a
few days stay, during which time he
renewed his pledges of love to Miss
Eckert, who in the four years OF wait,
ing never doubted his sincerity, he
departed again. Letter after letter was
received by her, in which he boasted OF
| his continued success, and said that
he was now perfecting arrangements
to come home to remain. The we'd
ding, was therefore fxedfor June &c.
| But Wade's character was too weak
to resist the tempta tions that now be
| set him. An irresistible fondness for
wine and champagne suppers took
possession, which was soon followed,
by every form OF wild and reckless dis
sipation. Then luck turned against
him, and he began to lose money, I'M
til his fortune was nearly all swept
away. Depressed in spirits, the dash.
Ing Spectator returned home. His
general appearance was detected. but
by the aid OF a stimulent he managed
to assume his old spirits. In this
way the suspicion that might other
wise have been excited was overcome.
A few days ago he remark
ed to his father that he desired to
write some business letters, and for
that purpose he retired to his room,
giving instructions that his privacy
must not be intruded upon. Every
thing in the way of preparation
for the wedding next day had
reached q point Of completeness.
and at p. m. friend OF the
groom called to see him. AS the mat
ter was urgent, his father went up
stairs and called him. He repeated
the call, and, receiving TO response,
forced the door open. To his horror
|she beheld his son suspended from the
.halter-strap, with the end knotted
around the top Of the bed-post, all
most dead from strangulation. He
quickly cut the strap and placed the
body on the bed, and then quietly but
quickly, summoned a physician. The
doctor said that another minute
would have produced death, and that.
while he might possibly survive, he.
might be ilelplessly insane. ..E
The business letters which he was
supposed to be writing were to Miss
Eckert and his parents: They told OF
his dissipation andt6his losses at gamb.
ling, and OF his complete ruin He
says in his letter to the young lady:
+. For many months / had a con-
slant sun OF ill-luck. The ardor of
gambling, unlike the every other pas
sion, is rather increased. than dimin-
ished by loss and disappointment.
Without being warned, therefore, by
ill-success, l still went on until the
last OF my money was gone. ! then
began to draw gradually on the SlO,-
600 you placed in my hands for safe
keeping until the day OF our marriage
in small amounts. Following the
bent of my evil genius, sum after sum
was taken, and all alike buried in
that accursed vortex which had al
ready swallowed up SO much from
me. = - 7 N "a 49, .sz.S FL =
TO his father he says: Eighteen
months ago l attached my name
TO q paper, the prospectus OF
which was a profitable land
scheme. It originated with sharpers,
and / was victimized. Periodical
sprees were INDUCED in, and with q
hope Of retrieving some of my losses,
/ came east for. a change. ] was a.
persistent bull on the stock Market,
and lost. heavily last December.
thereafter invested heavily in pork
and wheat and was Completely
swampesi.'' .S s.
Immediately after the occurrence the
house was closed and Miss Eckerts ard
few friends were quietly notified.
Miss Eckert waa completely prostra-
ted. For q few hours she sat BY the
bedside of her lover and listened to-
his rawlings over the stock and proviis-
ion markets. Wade is IS years oil
Uniform Progress.
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It may interest the curious IA such
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